Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor system, electronic device and method for operating an image sensor
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Application No.: US17429709Application Date: 2020-01-23
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Publication No.: US11653115B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Adi Xhakoni , Ali Jaderi , Guy Meynants
- Applicant: ams Sensors Belgium BVBA
- Applicant Address: BE Antwerp
- Assignee: AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA
- Current Assignee: AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA
- Current Assignee Address: BE Antwerp
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group, LLP
- Priority: EP 156690 2019.02.12
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/051638 2020.01.23
- International Announcement: WO2020/164880A 2020.08.20
- Date entered country: 2021-08-10
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image sensor system has a pixel array with a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising a photodiode, a pixel buffer and a transfer gate coupled between the photodiode and an input of the pixel buffer. A voltage supply block is configured to generate a pixel supply voltage from an input voltage based on a first reference voltage and to provide the pixel supply voltage to the pixel array. A calibration processing block is configured to determine an average pixel signal based on an average of individual pixel signals at outputs of the pixels of the pixel array and to determine a correction value based on the average pixel signal and a reference pixel signal. A correction processing block is configured to determine the first reference voltage based on a combination of a second reference voltage and the correction value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220132061A1 IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2022-04-28
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